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Athens man convicted of incest charged with failure to register as sex offender

Timothy Leroy Buff

Athens authorities on Saturday arrested a 49-year-old convicted sex offender for not notifying officials he had left his home in Athens.

Timothy Leroy Buff served nearly six years in prison following an incest conviction in Barrow County. He was released from prison in 2012, and his weekend arrest made at least the third time he was arrested in Athens for a sex offender registration violation.

Buff was first arrested in Athens in February 2013 for failing to report to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office within 72 hours of his birthday to update his sex offender registry information, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of making false statements and was sentenced to five years on probation.

Buff subsequently violated probation two times, according to records.

He later listed his address on the sex offender registry as being 300 Picadilly Square, apartment F-1.

Buff absconded from that address without notifying his probation officer, according to an arrest warrant signed July 29 by a Clarke County Superior Court judge.

When booked into jail on Saturday, Buff was said to be homeless.

He was additionally charged with two felony probation violations, according to the jail’s website.